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- 1 86 Notes [Act III
Scene IV. — Mr. P. A. Daniel remarks : " The time of this
scene is singularly elastic. It is prior to, concurrent with, and sub-
sequent tothe preceding scene : prior to in the interview between
Fenton and Anne ; concurrent with in the arrival of Shallow and
Slender, who left the company in sc. ii. to come here, while the
rest of the company went on to Ford's house ; subsequent to in the
return home of Page and his wife from the dinner at Ford's house,
with which sc. iii. is supposed to end. And Mrs. Quickly ? In
modern editions Mrs. Quickly arrives on the scene with Shallow
and Slender ; but there is no authority for this or any other of the
entries in this scene in the folio. The scene — and so it is with all
the scenes throughout the play — is merely headed with a list of
the actors who appear in it : the special time at which they enter
is not marked."
8. Societies. Cf. companies in Hen. V. i. I. 55 : " His com-
panies unlettered, rude, and shallow."
10. A property. Ci. J. C. iv. i. 40 ; —
" Do not talk of him
But as a property."
16. Stamps. Coins ; as in Cymb. v. 4. 24 ; " 'Tween man and
man they weigh not every stamp," etc.
20. Opportunity. That is, taking advantage of the opportune
time for appealing to him.
24. / '// make a shaft or a bolt on V. " A proverbial phrase,
signifying * I '11 do it either cleverly or clumsily,' ' hit or miss,' the
shaft being a sharp arrow used by skilful archers, the bolt a blunt
one employed merely to shoot birds with" (Clarke). Qi. fooVs
bolt in A. V. L. v. 4. 67 and Hen. V. iii. 7. 132. See also bird-
bolt in Much Ado, i. i. 42, etc. ^Slid is = God's lid ; an oath of
the same class as I have noted on ii. 3. 44 above.
46. Cotne ctct and long-tail. <' A proverbial expression = * what-
ever kind may come ; ' cut and long-tail referring to dogs and
horses with docked or undocked tails. The characteristic way in
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